Water wheel or motor



(No Model.)

J. W. KALES. WATER WHEEL 0R MOTOR.

Patented June 6 WWW,

(7511/20 firm/Z95 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. KALES', OF FRANKLINVILLE, NEW YORK.

WATER WHEEL OR MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,121, dated June 6,1893.

Application filed October 17, 1892. Serial No.449,146. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. KALES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Franklinville,in the county of Oattaraugus and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Wheelsor Motors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved water wheel or motor moreparticularly of the turbine type, and it has for its object to dischargeor deliver the water downward at the periphery of the wheel in acontracted stream; to vary the feeding of the Water to the buckets; andto cut off the discharge of the water from the buckets when the wheel isout of operation, and to these ends the invention consists of the novelcombination and construction of parts substantially as hereinafter morefully disclosed and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a sectional elevation of myimproved water Wheel or motor, and Fig. 2, is a plan view thereof.

In the embodiment of my invention, I provide a suitable housing orcasing A, and within this, arrange the wheel B, whose shaft a, rigidlyheld thereto projects through the covering b, of the central well a,from which" radiate the curved or arcuate chutes O, and rests upon anadjustable bearing or step b, guided in a tube 11 and having a screwconnection 11 with the bottom of said well, said shaft carrying a pulleyfor the transmission of the motor power by means of belt or otherwise tothe machinery to be driven or put in motion.

The wheel B, has extending around its entire inner circumference aseries of buckets B, curved or concaved in horizontal section andtriangular in vertical section, with their tapering ends presenteddownward or at the bottom, to provide for a contracted downwarddischarge of the water at the periphery of the wheel.

The chutes C, are inclined or slanted at their outer or delivering endsto coincide with the inclination of the inner edges of the buckets B,and are ground to produce a practically water-tight joint therewith andeach is extended at its forward end as from d, to d, to lap an advancedbucket in the direction of the rotation of the wheel to prevent theWaste or discharge of the water when the wheel is not in operation andyet fully utilize the force of the water when the wheel is in action.The leakage of waste water remaining in the chutes, as above intimated,is prevented by the water-tight joint formed by the lapping forwardend-portions thereof d-d', resting closely against the coincidentbuckets of the wheel.

D D are spring-metal plates or gates arranged in the delivering or outerends of the chutes 0, one being secured to the inner convex wall of eachchute, at its inner end, and having its outer end resting against a studor projection e, projecting through an aperture in said convex wall, andadapted to be engaged by the inclined faces of cams or knuckle-joints f,carried by single or compound levers or arms g, radial, and fast, to aring h, encircling the well 0.

The levers or arms g, with their cams f, are adapted to be operated, toforce. the gates or plates D, inward or outward in regulating the extentof the discharge or delivery of the chutes C, by an arm or lever h, fastto one of the levers g, and actuated by a handscrew 1 suitably supportedin a bracket projecting from the casing and working in said arm or leverh.

E, is a pipe connected to and supplying water t0 the Well 0, up throughits bottom, as shown, whence the water is distributed or delivered,through the chutes 0, into the buckets B, for service as previouslyrecited.

What I claim is- 1. The Water motor having the curved, chutes providedwith slanting or inclined outer ends in combination with the Wheelhaving upon its inner circumference a series of buckets, triangular invertical section,with their inclined surfaces or edges opposite thecorresponding or inclined ends of the chutes, substantially as setforth.

2. In av Water motor, the combination with the chutes for delivering thewater to the buckets, of the plates or gates attached to the inside ofsaid chutes and having their free 5 ends resting against projections orstuds projecting through the chutes, cams adapted to or moved by a handscrew, substantially as [6 described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. KALES.

engage said studs or projections and carried Witnesses: by arms orlevers fixed to a ring or bearing THOMAS CASE,

upon the casing and adapted to be adjusted JAMES MCSIAY.

